名人认知系列 政界精英18：Colin Powell 科林?鲍威尔
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：名人认知系列 Who Was
Colin Powell
科林?鲍威尔
Colin Powell has a hard time letting go of work, even when he’s forced to play and sing.
鲍威尔平日一向是个“工作狂”，即便是放松一下 的时候，比如唱歌，也是出于工作的需要。
Since taking office, the ever-dignified Secretary of State has learned that karaoke is a great leveler in the Asia-Pacific, where tradition requires him and other foreign ministers to individually perform a skit 1-and-song in front of their peers at the end of the region’s largest security meeting.
这位一向不苟言笑的国务卿先生自上任以来已经认 识到卡拉OK在亚太地区外交中起着举足轻重的平衡作
用。这种情况下，鲍威尔和其他各国外长在亚太地区最 大的安全会议结束之时，都不得不在同僚们的面前表演 上一段。
The skit opened with Powell chairing a meeting, looking completely at home as he took advice from staffers.
在由鲍威尔主持的会议上，外长们的“表演”开始 了。鲍威尔听取了他的工作人员的建议，神态自若。
Then, the American president appeared on a huge backdrop video screen with advice for his chief diplomat 2. “Practice this time,” said President Bush.
这时，美国总统布什出现在了会堂的巨型背景屏幕 上。布什向他的这位首席外交官建议道：“这次你就大胆 去做吧。”
Powell and staff then rose and labored 3 with gusto through the old “South Pacific” standard “Some Enchanted 4 Evening” with lyrics 5 bent 6 to the arcana of Southeast Asian foreign relations.
接着，鲍威尔和其工作人员起立，满怀热情地缓 缓唱起了那首古老的经典南太平洋歌曲《迷人的夜晚》， 其歌词暗指了东南亚地区微妙的外交关系。
Loud applause followed. The diplomatic audience agreed —diplomatically, and on background 一 that Powell was “really good.”
随后响起了热烈的掌声。这些外交官听众承认（有 的是出于礼貌，有的是真的这样认为）鲍威尔唱得非常 好。
Finally, all the ministers lined up to massacre 7 an Abba tune,"I Have a Dream.” Early reviews were positive.
最后，各国外长排着队唱起了著名瑞典演唱组合 Abba的歌《我有一个梦》，演出结束后，大家的反应还不错。
“The Americans were hilarious 8, the Russians innovative 9. Powell singing was good,” said Syed Hamid Albar, Malaysia’s foreign minister. “It was a good break after all this talk on terrorism."
“美国代表的表演非常热闹，俄罗斯的节目非常有 创意。鲍威尔的演唱非常好，”马来西亚外长赛义德.米 德?阿尔巴表示，“在讨论恐怖主义问题后，能够看到这 样的表演是一种很好的休息。”
- The comic skIt sent up the foolishness of young men in love.那幅画把沉溺于热恋中的青年男子的痴态勾勒得滑稽可笑。
- They performed a skit to amuse the crowd.他们表演了一个幽默小品来娱乐观众。
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
- I was close enough to the elk to hear its labored breathing. 我离那头麋鹿非常近，能听见它吃力的呼吸声。 来自辞典例句
- They have labored to complete the job. 他们努力完成这一工作。 来自辞典例句
- music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
- The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。
- He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
- We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
- The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.在他们又拿来更多的酒之后，派对变得更加热闹起来。
- We stop laughing because the show was so hilarious.我们笑个不停，因为那个节目太搞笑了。
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。